I'm on a quest to find some Korean Green tea next. I found a few sources for Hankook tea, but none offer the Jakseol Ujeon Gamro which is listed as first picked green tea. I guess I'll have to settle for some of the Gamnong (April harvest) or the Teuk Seon (May). If anyone knows of some places to get Korean green tea, let me know.

Today I had some Tamaryokucha, Silver needle, and I just finished off the last crumbs of my Yutaka Midori.

teaisgood wrote:Chip, how does you LJ leaves look like? one bud to one leaf and bud slightly longer?

The leaf set consist of the bud and 1-2 leaves, relatively smallish, but not the smallest I have seen...and certainly not the largest either. I would say a prime example of a first flush. When picked too early, and the leaf is sooo small, it can be too light for me. The color is perfect, pale yellowish green, no brownish...

I am on my 3rd steep of Kabuse Cha from Uji prefecture, really good kabuse cha.

Today I had four more bowls of chiyo mukashi, finishing it off. Matcha isn't turning out to be the best morning tea; my body seams to react more to the theanine than the caffiene. After 3-4 bowls I'm alert, by I'm also very ready to take a nap.

We had some new teas come into the store from the E&A Tea Company. Its teabags, but this fukamushicha is surprisingly good. I think I'll try the houjicha in a bit.

The next tea I have my eye on, which I am buying right now, is the fukamushi spreme from O-cha.

It is 11:57 pm, so it is still Sunday (teaday)! I am finishing up the evening with a second steep of Silver Needles from an unknown source, of which I still need to find out (got it as a gift at Christmas). The tea is real nice, but only holds up well for 2 infusions.........I peeled away the gift tag on the outside of the tin and it says $9.99. That was for 2oz., so it cant be that great of quality, but still, for 10 bucks and a nice steep for two infusions you cant go wrong.....and it was a gift, so you cant go wrong there either! Anyway, I hope you all have a great night and are ready to start your Mondays with a nice cup of your favorite tea!